How to Embellish Painted Furniture With Gold

by Tracey Bellion

4 Materials

$75

6 Hours

Easy

I purchased this vintage radio cabinet about 8 years ago. Originally it was painted Mediterranean Blue and used as a key cabinet in our foyer. When we made the change to “grey” in our home, I moved it into my office “Wonderland” where I made it a feature piece along one wall.

I chose to repaint the cabinet with black, white and gold. Which brings me to the sole purpose of this blog post!

GOLD!

My “go-to” metallic gold paint is Rub ‘n Buff! In my opinion, it is the best metallic highlighting product on the market! It’s easy to apply. Just squeeze a bit onto your finger and lightly rub over the area you want to apply the highlight! That’s it!! Doesn’t even need to be sealed!

For this project I wanted to highlight the carved areas on each door front. This would take hours of work with gold paint and a small brush. Not to mention controlling the flow of liquid paint. You can see the difference between highlighting the door with gold and the bit of the door without. It is a HUGE difference, and it was so fast and easy!!! I just lightly grazed my finger over the raised areas of the carvings for dramatic results.

For solid coverage, I use Liquid Leaf One Step Leafing paint on trim.

And because I know you will ask, the radio cabinet is painted in Heritage Collection All in One Paint Iron Gate (black) and Cashmere (white). This paint needs NO primer or sealer! You simply paint a coat or two and walk away! It is a super hardy and durable paint.

Here's the finished cabinet.

Here's my colorful office space that is full of whimsy and wonder, old and new! Sign up for my emails or check out my Facebook page to see my whole office transformation plus my many other fancy projects.